Jodi Arias Trial: Defense to present closing arguments
Defendant Jodi Arias listens to prosecutor Juan Martinez makes his closing arguments during her trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix, May 2, 2013.
/ The Arizona Republic, Rob Schumacher, Pool(AP) PHOENIX - Jodi Arias' defense attorneys were set to present closing arguments Friday in the murder case that has become a tabloid and cable TV sensation with its graphic tales of sex and lies and has attracted spectators from around the country who line up as early as 2 a.m. for a chance to score a few open seats in the courtroom.
PICTURES: Slain boyfriend of Jodi Arias
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Missing six-year-old Miss. girl found safe
Jashayla Markiaya Hopson, 6, was found safe ON Wednesday, May 1, 2013, after allegedly being kidnapped form her Mississippi school the previous day.
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/ AP Photo/Joel Ryan, fileDeliberations go on in abortion doctor's murder trial
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/ AP Photo/Philadelphia Daily News, Yong Kim(CBS/AP) PHILADELPHIA - A jury has finished its second full day of deliberations in the murder trial of a Philadelphia abortion doctor without reaching a verdict.
Continue »Police: Man fires shots, shoots self at Houston airport
A man reportedly fired shots into the air and then shot himself at the George Bush Intercontinental Airport Thursday; this picture inside the airport is from Nov. 20, 2012.
/ AP Photo/David J. Phillip(CBS/AP) A man fired two shots in the air with an assault rifle before shooting himself Thursday at north Houston's Bush Intercontinental Airport, CBS affiliate KHOU reports.
Continue »Prosecutor blasts Jodi Arias in closing statement
Defendant Jodi Arias looks at the jury as they enter the courtroom during her trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix on Wednesday, April 17, 2013. Arias is on trial for the killing of her boyfriend, Travis Alexander in 2008.
/ AP/ David Wallace(AP) PHEONIX - A prosecutor on Thursday portrayed Jodi Arias as a manipulative liar who stalked her ex-boyfriend and killed him in grisly fashion before courting the media spotlight in her sensational murder case.
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/ Chicago Ridge Police via CBS ChicagoWoman declared dead in Pa. turns up alive in Fla.
Brenda Heist in an April 26, 2013 photo taken by the Monroe County, Fla. Sheriff's Office.
/ AP Photo/Lititz Borough Police(CBS/AP) LITITZ, Pa. - Brenda Heist, a 53-year-old central Pennsylvania woman who mysteriously disappeared after dropping off her children for school 11 years ago, has surfaced in Florida.
She tells police she traveled there on a whim with homeless hitchhikers, slept under bridges and survived by scavenging food and panhandling, authorities said Wednesday.
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